Summer Music Festival Road Trip

For your viewing pleasure: a comedy, a drama, and a documentary -- all available for instant streaming on Netflix and instant reviewing here at Erie Reader.

The stirring tale of Katurian, a young writer, captured and interrogated by police officers in a totalitarian state for crimes he?s unaware of, ?The Pillowman? features an Orwellian-esque society spiced with bits of Kafka and Camus, yielding a Stygian story where audiences find themselves laughing at the absurd yet dry humor McDonagh?s known for.

I ooze admiration when it comes to the DIY aficionados who can knit a sweater, a tunic, even socks or crochet a pillow or amazing fingerless gloves.

Drawing from bands like Minus the Bear and Brand New, Instead of Sleeping started back in 2009, with Sweeney, drummer Corey McClain, bassist Tony ?Wolfman? Tortella, and guitarist and keyboardist Woody Wright making up today?s lineup.

Even if you don?t eat meat, you can still have a good time at the Rib Cook Off.

?Don?t take photographs willy-nilly, you have to have a project.?

By tethering a social media campaign with real change in Erie, we can establish a sense of community in the area both digitally and organically.

"To be human is to be bonded together, each with our own weaknesses and strengths, because we need each other.?

The bill, if passed, would allow payday lenders to operate in the state, charging as much as 369 percent in annual rates to consumers for 2-week loans. Even the bill?s ?protections? are dubious.

Pedaling an average of 80 miles a day, six days a week, for more than two months. She?ll cross at least three mountain ranges -- the Cascades, Rockies, and Appalachians -- climbing 8,000 feet on one particularly difficult leg in Wyoming.

My religion demands equality for all; my religion demands peace; my religion demands justice; my religion demands beer drinking and pirate worship.

Music festivals are the musical Mecca for concertgoers. People travel far and wide to attend any of the hundreds of music festivals in the world for a chance to see a collection of bands play in a single locale. From Glastonbury, which draws 175,000 people a day, to Water Hill, where anyone can play on a nearby porch, music festivals are as diverse as they are abundant.

Alex Bieler has a plan, and we're stirring up conversation. Welcome to the May 30 issue of the Erie Reader.